Council considers hiring full-time engineer

Move would replace retaining outside engineering firms

6:59 PM,
Feb. 25, 2014

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The city's reliance on outside engineering firms could be coming to an end.

Pataskala has a history of hiring outside firms to handle road and bridge and other engineering projects instead of employing an engineer of its own. That history extends back to the 1990s.

On Feb. 18, the council voted 6-0 (member Bryan Lenzo was not present) to ask its three-person finance committee to review a proposal to hire a full-time engineer. After reviewing the proposal, the committee will make a recommendation to the full council. ...